GCSE 2017

GCSE RESULTS FOR THE 2016/17 ACADEMIC
YEAR

Provisional GCSE results for the 2016/17
academic year have been released today by the Department for
Education (DfE).

This is the first full year of the revised
GCSEs (with less emphasis on course work); it is not possible, at
this stage, to directly compare the new grade scale or undertake
meaningful interpretation. The revised GCSEs for some
subjects (English, English Literature and maths) use a new grading
system using numbers from the highest grade 9 to the lowest grade 1
(with other subjects being reformed over the next two
years).

The new numerical system also have two
different types of pass grade - with grade 4 a "standard" pass and
grade 5 a "strong" pass.

Headline figures for Bedford Borough
are as follows:

·
62.24% of Bedford Borough students reaching the
required standard in English and mathematics at Grade 4 and above
(standard pass).

·
37.87% of Bedford Borough students reaching the
required standard in English and mathematics at Grade 5 and above
(strong pass).

· Average
Attainment 8 Score was 46.04 across Bedford
Borough (Attainment 8 is the average score
obtained by a student for their best 8 GCSE results).

Cllr Henry Vann, Portfolio Holder for
Education at Bedford Borough Council, said: "Congratulations
to all those students who worked so hard to achieve these results
and a huge thank you to the teachers, parents, carers, families and
whole school communities who supported them to achieve. While these
figures are not comparable to previous years, I look forward to
seeing them in the context of the national picture.”

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